GENE DISCOVERY AND MOLECULAR MARKER DEVELOPMENT, BASED ON HIGH-THROUGHPUT TRANSCRIPT SEQUENCING OF PASPALUM DILATATUM POIR.

Gene discovery and molecular marker development, based on high-throughput transcript sequencing of Paspalum dilatatum Poir.

BACKGROUND: Paspalum dilatatum Poir.(common name dallisgrass) is a native grass species of South America, with special relevance to dairy and red meat production.P.dilatatum exhibits higher forage quality than other C4 forage grasses and Rehmannia is tolerant to frost and water stress.This species is predominantly cultivated in an apomictic monocul

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Reaching for Epistemic Humility

Positionality matters.Muscle memories matter.This article traces the journey of a white Russian female scholar from voice, agency, and her ultimate reach toward epistemic humility.I take the reader through formative experiences as an emerging scholar in Soviet Russia and then as an academic researcher with significant epistemic privilege in the Uni

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Elevated CA 125 in a CASE of Leaking Endometrioma

Extremely elevated CA 125, Rehmannia usually suggestive of ovarian malignancy, can be found in physiological or benign conditions such as endometriosis.We present a case of an extremely elevated serum CA 125 level in a patient with stage four endometriosis and bilateral unruptured ovarian endometriomas, with evidence of leakage unilaterally.To avoi

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Plasticity of Innate Lymphoid Cells in Cancer

Innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) are a heterogenous population of the innate immune system, enriched at mucosal surfaces and are pivotal regulators of immune homeostasis.ILCs are the innate counterpart of T cells.Like T cells, ILC subsets are highly plastic with their composition and position-aids function controlled by alterations in their microenviro

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